National Geographic is celebrating its 125th anniversary with a special edition entirely dedicated to the power of photography.
The October issue features iconic shots from history, including Steve McCurry’s ‘The Afghan Girl’. The piercing eyes of the girl that graced the cover of National Geographic in 1985 became known as the ‘Afghan Mona Lisa’, read the story behind the photo here.
Steve McCurry also captured the stark silhouettes of camels against burning oil as they foraged for shrubs and water during the Gulf War in 1991.
Kuwait, 1991
Under the black clouds of burning oil fields during the Gulf War, camels forage desperately for shrubs and water in southern Kuwait. Front-line photographs of regions ravaged by human strife can also illuminate war’s environmental cost.
Other released photos include a swimmer basking in a sunbeam spotlight, surrounded by stalactites in the Xkeken cenote, a natural well in the Yucatán thought by the Maya to lead to the underworld.
Dzitnup, Mexico, 2010
A single frame can transport us to one of our planet’s far-flung and beautiful places. In this one, stalactites and a sunbeam spotlight a swimmer in the Xkeken cenote, a natural well in the Yucatán thought by the Maya to lead to the underworld.
Photographer Robert Draper writes for the October issue: “Today photography has become a global cacophony of freeze-frames. Millions of pictures are uploaded every minute.
“Correspondingly, everyone is a subject, and knows it—any day now we will be adding the unguarded moment to the endangered species list.
“It’s on this hyper-egalitarian, quasi-Orwellian, all-too-camera-ready ‘terra infirma’ that National Geographic’s photographers continue to stand out.”
Jökulsárlón Iceland, 2009
Destined to melt, an 800-pound chunk of ice glowed in the moonlight. It washed up in a lagoon created by a receding glacier, part of a worldwide shrinkage of glacial ice.
Afghanistan, 2010
Noor Nisa, about 18, was pregnant, and her water had just broken. Her husband was determined to get her to the hospital, but his car broke down, and he went to find another vehicle. The photographer ended up taking Noor Nisa, her mother and her husband to the hospital, where she gave birth to a baby girl.
National Geographic also invite all photo enthusiasts to submit photos and participate in an digital assignment for the magazine, part of an online photosharing community, Your Shot.
Flick through more photos published in National Geographic, celebrating 125 years of photography:
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Photo by Paul Nicklen/National Geographic
2006 | Antarctica
“I expected this leopard seal to flee with her catch, a live penguin chick, but she dropped it on my camera,†says Nicklen. Since these aggressive mammals eat whatever they find in the variable ice pack, scientists track their diets to gauge changes caused by global warming.
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Photo by Paul Nicklen/National Geographic
2004 | Canada
Its image mirrored in icy water, a polar bear travels submerged—a tactic often used to surprise prey. Scientists fear global warming could drive bears to extinction sometime this century.
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Photo by Chris Johns/National Geographic
1996 | South Africa
A lion pushes through a dust storm in Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa. The weather had worsened to the point that it didn’t notice the photographer’s approach. “I shot three rolls of him and just one picture turned out—serendipity,” says Johns.
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Photo by Brian Skerry/National Geographic
2011 | Gulf of California, Mexico
Snared and doomed by a gill net, a thresher shark is among an estimated 40 million sharks killed each year just for their fins. Drawing attention to this unsustainable practice has led some countries to ban the trade of shark fins, considered a delicacy in Asia.
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Photo by Luis Marden/National Geographic
1939 | Texas
A cowgirl dropped a nickel in a parking meter to hitch her pony. When this photo was taken El Paso was still a highly horse-conscious town with many cattle-ranch residents.
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Photo by Steve McCurry/National Geographic
1984 | Pakistan
Steve McCurry’s iconic photograph of a young Afghan girl in a Pakistan refugee camp appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine’s June 1985 issue and became the most famous cover image in the magazine’s history.
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Photo by James Balog/National Geographic
2009 | Jökulsárlón Iceland
Destined to melt, an 800-pound chunk of ice glowed in the moonlight. It washed up in a lagoon created by a receding glacier, part of a worldwide shrinkage of glacial ice.
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Photo by John Stanmeyer/National Geographic
2010 | Dzitnup, Mexico
A single frame can transport us to one of our planet’s far-flung and beautiful places. In this one, stalactites and a sunbeam spotlight a swimmer in the Xkeken cenote, a natural well in the Yucatán thought by the Maya to lead to the underworld.
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Photo by Lynsey Addario/National Geographic
2010 | Afghanistan
Noor Nisa, about 18, was pregnant, and her water had just broken. Her husband was determined to get her to the hospital, but his car broke down, and he went to find another vehicle. The photographer ended up taking Noor Nisa, her mother and her husband to the hospital, where she gave birth to a baby girl.
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Photo by Steve McCurry/National Geographic
1991 | Kuwait
Under the black clouds of burning oil fields during the Gulf War, camels forage desperately for shrubs and water in southern Kuwait. Front-line photographs of regions ravaged by human strife can also illuminate war’s environmental cost.
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The October issue of National Geographic, dedicated to the power of photography
Flick through more historical National Geographic photographs:
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BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
In a moss-draped rain forest in British Columbia, towering red cedars live a thousand years, and black bears have white coats. They are known to the local people as spirit bears.
UGANDA
A lion climbs a tree to sleep, in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth Park.
ANTARCTICA
An emperor penguin, outfitted with a Crittercam camera system designed by marine biologist and National Geographic staff member Greg Marshall, becomes an unwitting cameraman for a National Geographic documentary.
1909 – ALASKA, UNITED STATES
Washing his films in iceberg-choked seawater was an everyday chore for photographer Oscar D. Von Engeln during the summer months he spent on a National Geographic-sponsored expedition
in Alaska.
1995 – INDIA
By setting off a camera trap, a female tiger captures her own image in Bandhavgarh National Park.
1969 – THE MOON
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility, his visor reflecting Neil Armstrong and the lunar module Eagle. The Apollo 11 astronauts carried the National Geographic Society flag
with them on their journey to the Moon.
LA VENTA, TABASCO. MEXICO
Beginning in 1938, Matthew Stirling, chief of the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology, led eight National Geographic-sponsored expeditions to Tabasco and Veracruz in Mexico. He
uncovered 11 colossal stone heads, evidence of the ancient Olmec civilization that had lain buried for 15 centuries.
1938 – EGYPT
Three figures on camelback behold the pyramids of Giza.
COCOS ISLAND, COSTA RICA
Marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala dives with a green turtle off Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Sala leads National Geographic’s Pristine Seas project, which
aims to find, survey and help protect the last healthy and undisturbed places in the ocean.
1964 – TANZANIA
A touching moment between primatologist and National Geographic grantee Jane Goodall and young chimpanzee Flint at Tanzania’s Gombe Stream Reserve.
Take a look at the winning photos from the recent 2012 National Geographic Photo Contest:
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Grand-Prize
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emThe Explosion!/em by Ashley Vincent
blockquote”The subject’s name is Busaba, a well cared for Indochinese Tigress whose home is at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Thailand. I had taken many portraits of Busaba previously and it was becoming more and more difficult to come up with an image that appeared any different to the others. Which is why I took to observing her more carefully during my visits in the hope of capturing something of a behavioural shot. The opportunity finally presented itself while watching Busaba enjoying her private pool then shaking herself dry. In all humility I have to say that Mother Nature smiled favourably on me that day!” – Ashley Vincent./blockquote
First Place for Places
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emThe Matterhorn/em by Nenad Saljic
blockquote”The Matterhorn 4478 m at full moon.” – Nenad Saljic/blockquote
Viewers’ Choice for Nature
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emTender Moment/em by Sanjeev Bhor
blockquote”Everyday in mara starts with something new and different and day ends with memorable experiences with spectacular photographs . I was very lucky of sighting and photographing Malaika the name of female Cheetah and her cub . she is well known for its habit to jump on vehicles. She learned that from her mother Kike, and Kike from her mother Amber.Like her mother she is teaching lessons to her cub . Teaching lessons means addition of another moment for tourist . This is one of the tender moment between Malaika and her cub . I was very lucky to capture that moment.” – Sanjeev Bhor/blockquote
First Place for People
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emAmongst the Scavengers/em by Micah Albert
blockquote”At the end of the day women are allowed to pick through the dumpsite.” – Micah Albert/blockquote
Viewers’ Choice for Places
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emIceberg Hunters/em by Adam Coish
blockquote”Chipping ice off an iceberg is a common way for the Inuit community to retrieve fresh drinking water while on the land. During a weekend long hunting trip, we came upon this majestic iceberg frozen in place. It was a perfect opportunity to grab enough ice and drinking water for the remainder of the trip.” – Adam Coish/blockquote
Viewers’ Choice for People
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emExpedition Amundsen/em by Kai-Otto Melau
blockquote”A race that follows in the path of the famous explorer Roald Amundsen brings the contestants to the Hardangervidda Mountainplateu, Norway. 100km across the plateau, the exact same route Amundsen used to prepare for his South Pole expedition in 1911 is still used by explorers today. Amundsen did not manage to cross the plateau and had to turn back because of bad weather. He allegedly said that the attempt to cross Hardangervidda was just as dangerous and hard as the conquering of the South Pole.
The group in the picture used the race as preparations for an attempt to cross Greenland.” – Kai-Otto Melau/blockquote
Honorable Mention
a href=”http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/”National Geographic Photo Contest 2012./a
emRed Fox catching mouse under snow/em by Micheal Eastman
blockquote”With his exceptional hearing a red fox has targeted a mouse hidden under 2 feet of crusted snow. Springing high in the air he breaks through the crusted spring snow with his nose and his body is completely vertical as he grabs the mouse under the snow.” – Micheal Eastman/blockquote
Honorable Mention
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emChinese traditional dragon boat racing/em by ???
blockquote”Dragon boating is a chinese traditional entertainment. As an acquatic sport to memorise qu yuan, a patriotic poet in ancient china, it is usually held in festivals, which can be traced back to two thousands years ago.” – ???/blockquote
Honorable Mention
a href=”http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/”National Geographic Photo Contest 2012./a
emEast of Iceland/em by Eric Guth
blockquote”Glacial ice washes ashore after calving off the Breiamerkurjˆkull glacier on Iceland’s eastern coast. During the waning light of summer this image was created over the course of a 4 minute exposure while the photographer backlit the grounded glacial ice with a headlamp for 2 of those 4 minutes.” – Eric Guth/blockquote
Honorable Mention
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emCaptive/em by Wendell Phillips
blockquote”Yayasan Galuh Rehabilitation Center is and impoverished mental health facility based in Bekasi, Indonesia that hosts over 250 patients. Most come from poor families no longer interested in managing their condition, or are unable. Some patients are homeless, deposited after being taken off streets by police The only medical treatment received is for skin conditions. No assessments, psychotherapy or psychiatric medications is available. Over one third of the patients are shackled in chains. These measures are implemented to those thought to be violent, uncontrolable and dangerous.” – Wendell Phillips/blockquote
Honorable Mention
a href=”http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/”National Geographic Photo Contest 2012./a
emEerie Eiffel /emby Swari Wonowidjojo
blockquote”The winter gloomy day worked to my advantage to create this eerie feeling of the famous landmark Eiffel tower.” – Swari Wonowidjojo/blockquote
Honorable Mention
a href=”http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/”National Geographic Photo Contest 2012./a
emPredation up close and personal/em by Fransisca Harlijanto
blockquote”I was surrounded by thousands of fish that moved in synchrony because of the predation that was happening. It was an incredible experience.” – Fransisca Harlijanto/blockquote
Honorable Mention
a href=”http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/”National Geographic Photo Contest 2012./a
emUrsus arctos horribilis/em by Jason Ching
blockquote”This photo of a wild, Alaskan, brown bear digging on a game trail was taken with a home made motion controlled triggering device hooked up to my DSLR. ” – Jason Ching/blockquote
Honorable Mention
a href=”http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/”National Geographic Photo Contest 2012./a
emStilt Fishing/em by ulrich lambert
blockquote”Stilt fishing is a typical fishing technique only seen in Sri Lanka. The fishermen sit on a cross bar called a petta tied to a vertical pole planted into the coral reef. This long exposure shot shows how unstable their position is.” – ulrich lambert /blockquote
Milestones In National Geographic History
Jan. 13, 1888: Thirty-three founding members meet at the Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., to create “a society for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge.â€
October 1888: First issue of National Geographic magazine is sent to 200 charter members.
July 1890: National Geographic publishes its first photograph — a glimpse of Herald Island, Russia, taken from the deck of a ship.
1890-91: First National Geographic Society-sponsored expedition maps the Mount St. Elias region, Alaska and discovers Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak. By 2012, the Society has funded more than 10,000 scientific research, conservation and exploration projects.
July 1906: Grosvenor publishes George Shiras III’s pioneering flash photographs of animals at night; two Society board members resign in disgust, claiming magazine is turning into a “picture book.â€
1941: National Geographic Society opens its storehouse of photographs, maps and other cartographic data to President Roosevelt and the U.S. armed forces to aid war efforts. The following year, the Society makes a cabinet of National Geographic maps for Winston Churchill.
September 1959: Colour photographs begin to appear regularly on magazine cover.
1967: Dian Fossey begins long-term Society-funded study of mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
July 1969: Apollo 11 astronauts carry National Geographic Society flag to the moon.
April 1979: Mary Leakey reports discovery of 3.6 million-year-old footprints believed to be from the slow-walking ancestors of modern man, in the volcanic ash of a riverbed in Tanzania.
1984 : Undersea archaeology pioneer George F. Bass, supported by the Society, discovers most extensive collection of Bronze Age trade goods ever found beneath the sea in a 3,400-year-old shipwreck off southern Turkey.
September 1985: Results of R.M.S. Titanic discovery announced at Society by Robert D. Ballard.
June 1996: Society launches its website: www.nationalgeographic.com.
September 1997: National Geographic enters cable television market launching in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and Australia. By 2012 National Geographic Channels reach 440 million subscribers in 171 countries in 38 languages.
April 1998: National Geographic produces its first large-format film, “Mysteries of Egypt.â€
March 2002: National Geographic announces it has located Sharbat Gula, the “Afghan Girl,†who appeared on the cover of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic magazine. Her photograph becomes the most recognized in the magazine’s history.
March 2012: Explorer-in-residence, James Cameron, becomes first person to dive solo to the Mariana Trench as part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, National Geographic and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research and exploration.
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125 Years Of National Geographic Photography (PICTURES)
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